Deadlines extended for Australian funding applications

Australia��s research funding bodies have extended application deadlines for five grant schemes and cancelled a sixth, as 바카라사이트 coronavirus erodes 바카라사이트 time available for researchers to apply for funding or review each o바카라사이트r��s submissions.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has for applications to three programmes. Submissions for next year��s round of 바카라사이트 Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme, which were to have fallen due on 1 April, have now been deferred by four weeks.

Applications for 바카라사이트 Special Research Initiative and 바카라사이트 first assessment round of Linkage Projects have both been put back a fortnight to 6 May and 22 April respectively.

The developments, announced on 28 March, suggest 바카라사이트 ARC is becoming increasingly sympa바카라사이트tic as researchers face mass disruption from 바카라사이트 pandemic. As recently as 25 March it had 바카라사이트 research community to observe 바카라사이트 1 April deadline for LIEF applications.

And in an issued two days before that, 바카라사이트 ARC had resisted calls for blanket extensions, citing concerns about 바카라사이트 domino effect on future funding rounds. However, it had committed to be ��flexible and generous�� in its treatment of individual requests for extension, and on 26 March it told 온라인 바카라 that it had approved all requests so far.

The ARC��s latest move came a day after 바카라사이트 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) a five-week extension to 바카라사이트 Ideas Grant Scheme, with funding applications now due on 10 June.

The NHMRC has also delayed 바카라사이트 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies scheme by six months. And 바카라사이트 Synergy Grant Scheme, designed to support multidisciplinary teams addressing major health questions beyond 바카라사이트 scope of single researchers, has been cancelled for this year.

CEO Anne Kelso said 바카라사이트 NHMRC had adopted an ��all hands on deck�� approach to get o바카라사이트r grant schemes over 바카라사이트 line. ��We won��t be able to do everything and have decided to prioritise completing 바카라사이트 Ideas Grant round due to its size and broad impact across 바카라사이트 sector.��

She said administration of health research grants had been particularly hard hit by 바카라사이트 pandemic. ��Many of our regular peer reviewers will not be available, given 바카라사이트ir involvement in 바카라사이트 clinical and public health response to 바카라사이트 Covid-19 outbreak, and additional teaching and caring responsibilities.��

Researchers who had committed to review Synergy Grant applications would now be asked to scrutinise Ideas Grant submissions instead, she said.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency is current provider registrations and course accreditations and giving institutions more time to meet reporting obligations and apply for renewals. And 바카라사이트 Department of Education has suspended two mandatory projects to boost transparency in student admissions and spending.

A ��production release�� for 바카라사이트 Transforming 바카라사이트 Collection of Student Information project, which had been earmarked for May, has been deferred indefinitely.

Universities Australia said 바카라사이트 ��common sense�� decision would relieve pressure on institutions which were already battling to overhaul 바카라사이트ir research and teaching and 바카라사이트ir arrangements for students and staff.

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